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From
France24 (
Archive) - something of an interesting happening today. Not the ICBM test, but that Ukraine is now asking Russia for negotiations specifically regarding the remaining soldiers/civilians in Azovstal. Quoting what I think is the interesting bit:
The remaining soldiers are asking to be evacuated along with their wounded and the civilians to a "third party state". Anyone's guess what state they're thinking - Poland, Turkey, France, the UK?
Quoting from
RT (
Archive) because their emphasis is a little different than the other articles in western media I've found.
So the Azov guys would like to surrender to a third party
while keeping their weapons. Kind of a curious suggestion, I think even the most diehard Ukie supporter would admit that the remaining soldiers in Mariupol don't have a ton of leverage in this situation. Something they themselves admit:
The big question for me is these supposed hundreds of civilians who are with the Ukrainian soldiers in Azovstal. What is their relation to the AFU and Azov Battalion? Why are they more scared of surrendering to Russians than by being bombed by Russians? Are they being used as hostages, or are they staying with the soldiers of their own volition? Are there certain people among these "civilians" that certain foreign governments would not want taken into Russian custody?
I doubt we'll see definitive answers to any of these questions, but I think it's still thunk provoking nonetheless. From what I've seen of Russian treatment of civilians, soldiers, and foreign combatants is that the only people who probably won't fare well in Russian custody are Azog retards covered in Nazi tattoos.